Archive for the 'Recording session' Category

Pictured from left: Elvis Presley, bass player Bill Black, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips take a break from a recording session in Memphis. Elvis Presley’s first commercial recording session took place inMemphis, TN. on this day in 1954. He recorded "That’s All Right (Mama)" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."

The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris on this day in 1946. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit.

Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors on this day in 1975.

Jimmy Connors (left) congratulates Arthur Ash.

On this day in 1947, Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.

Jack Ely (second from left) with The Kingsmen was 19 when he sang the Portland, Oregon garage-band classic version, “Louie, Louie”.

Based on outcry from parents who bought into what may have started as an idle rumor, the FBI launched a formal investigation in 1964 into the supposedly pornographic lyrics of the song “Louie, Louie.” That investigation finally neared its conclusion on this day in 1965, when the FBI Laboratory declared the lyrics of “Louie Louie” to be officially unintelligible.

No one will ever know who started the rumor that “Louie Louie” was dirty. As written by Richard Berry in 1955, the lyrics revolve around a sailor from the Caribbean lamenting to a bartender named Louie about missing his far-away love. As recorded in poor conditions and in a single take by The Kingsmen in 1963.(This Day In History)

The single, "Jailhouse Rock" spent one week at the top of the country charts, and reached the number one position on the R&B chart. The B-side "Treat Me Nice" (another song from the “Jailhouse Rock” movie soundtrack) was a number-one hit for seven weeks in the fall of 1957.

The single “Heartbreak Hotel” topped Billboard‘s Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox‘s pop singles chart for six weeks. It was No. 1 on the Country and Western chart for seventeen weeks and went to No. 3 on the R&B chart, becoming Presley’s first million-seller, and one of the best-selling singles of 1956. The song reached the top 5 of Country and best-selling singles of 1956. It also reached the top 5 of Country and Western, pop, and Rhythm ‘n’ Blues charts simultaneously and would eventually be certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Two guitar legends from left: James Burton and Glen Campbell are seen during a 1963 recording session. They were both members of a group of L.A. studio musicians in the 1960’s dubbed, The Wrecking Crew. Burton will turn 78 August 21. We lost Glen Campbell Tuesday to Alzheimer’s Disease.